The big X we see on a black background whilst the window manager (jwm) is loading, which is what I assume
you don't want is actually being generated by the X_server and is
displayed until a Windows Manager takes over which then displays
the background, task bar, default mouse cursor and so on.
In my case the Windows Manager is JWM.

To see what I mean, log out of X then once on the CLI type:

Code:

cd /usr/X11R7/bin

then type:

Code:

Xorg

What you will see is a black screen (or a funny cross-hatch pattern)
depending on your screen resolution and the big X cursor.
It will stay like that waiting for a Windows Manager to start
which of course it never will.
To "exit" press

Code:

CONTROL+ALT+F1

then

Code:

CONTROL+C

followed by

Code:

xwin

to return to normal.

So unless someone can think of something else, I don't see how this can
be overcome.

Actually I have shown that you can boot to X with jwm in ~1s. It would be useful to change the mouse cursor to a blank while the "console" stuff loads in rxvt. Though mine is an extreme example, it is common for a whole set of apps to load after the wm is up. Iirc xcb had an example that changes the cursor, but it used the numeric reference to the glyph... makes the example hard to find even when you have found it. It toggled between a hand pointing and an arrow cursor, so you may just need to replace it with a blank glyph(and eliminate the other example code)_________________Web Programming - Pet Packaging 100 & 101

I did it... and I think this is what I mean too!
This is my boot process:

- First Xlock is displayed (no cursor) to protect the session (with a password)
- then a welcome screen is displayed (I get a cursor)
- then jwm is launched (the cursor above is changed to an other one that is customizable by the user).

I just would like the cursor shown during the welcome screen to be hidden.

Ok, why not have a look to see exactly what is generating the welcome screen?
Is it a picture or a combination of picture and text?
If it's part of the Windows Manager, perhaps there are scripting options
in a file to manipulate the welcome screen.

Failing that, depending on the sequence of events, you could try and
make a new "empty" mouse cursor, there are tools available such as
xcursorgen
You could also have a look at Pcursor although I'm not sure if it's compatible
with your Puppy Version.

Is it just a gtkdialog script that shows a combination of pictures and texts and that is launched before jwm. Screen and window (without borders) backgrounds are both of the same color...
I will try to have a look for xcursorgen and Pcursor...
Thank you!

If it's just a gtkdialog script showing picture/s and text, then why don't you
use the pgm called unclutter which hides the mouse cursor after a certain
time of inactivity which you can make very short with the -idle switch

Just remember to load unclutter before the welcome screen and to kill it
after or it will keep on hiding your mouse cursor.

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